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Quote Steven Tarise 28th March 2007, 20:52
Just noticed something (and wanted to add my "I've entered" part). This doesn't specify an OS. Does it come with one? Not that buying an OS is any great imposition for a prize this damn awesome. Now I just gotta work out where to put it.......
Quote caff 31st March 2007, 02:45
Entered, good luck to everyone! This is one SERIOUSLY amazing prize! A masterpiece even!

Caff.
Quote Sparrowhawk 31st March 2007, 06:50
Welp, I've entered, and I hope so much I win. All my "Computer Upgrade" funds became "Uni Tuition" funds. :(

Good luck to everyone, this is going to be one serious boxen, and whoever wins will surely feel blessed!
Quote smoguzbenjamin 1st April 2007, 20:24
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Originally Posted by Sparrowhawk
Welp, I've entered, and I hope so much I win. All my "Computer Upgrade" funds became "Uni Tuition" funds. :(

Think of it this way mate:

you could have an awesome PC now, or many many more awesome PCs to come ;)
Quote embc01sm14 1st April 2007, 21:35
hi guys,
im just here for the competition like many others probably are. just wondering how many others there were though.

i think it would be great if somewhere near the closing date we could have a rough number of how many people have entered so we know the odds of us winning

What do we all think?

embc01sm14
Quote smoguzbenjamin 1st April 2007, 21:40
:| Sod's law dictates that one of the guys who's "just here for the compo" will win.
Quote sushrukh 2nd April 2007, 16:42
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Originally Posted by embc01sm14
hi guys,
im just here for the competition like many others probably are. just wondering how many others there were though.

i think it would be great if somewhere near the closing date we could have a rough number of how many people have entered so we know the odds of us winning

What do we all think?

embc01sm14

I think u/we shouldn't know the odds.If we know we'll loose our hope 4 sure.As there's no need to join this forum to enter this contest.That's why chances r very slim coz lot of people i think r entering without joining the forum.
Quote The_Pope 2nd April 2007, 19:56
I won't be publishing the number of entrants. As you might well imagine, this has been a popular promotion - everyone involved is very pleased with the response. I would still argue you are more likely to win this compo than for most other things ie lottery etc.

"You have to be in it to win it" is certainly true and I can tell you from first hand experience that competitions often aren't as popular as you might guess. Sometimes the number of entries is actually rather small (relatively).

You can spot any compo that I organise personally because I always try and have as many Runners Up prizes as I can. There can be only one First Prize winner but I always try and spread the love.
Quote DougEdey 2nd April 2007, 20:21
It's OK Geoff, I know the odds. ;)

To everyone else, they odds are between 1/2 and 1/infinity.
Quote smoguzbenjamin 2nd April 2007, 20:50
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Originally Posted by The_Pope
I would still argue you are more likely to win this compo than for most other things ie lottery etc.

That gives you a chance better than 13.600.000 : 1 :D
Quote oddball walking 2nd April 2007, 20:55
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Originally Posted by The_Pope
I would still argue you are more likely to win this compo than for most other things ie lottery etc.
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The lottery is a tax on people who can't do maths.
Quote Tyinsar 2nd April 2007, 21:47
Let's see, Lotto 6/49 (popular in Canada), 6 numbers 1-49, no repeats, order not important.
Therefore the odds on any one set of six numbers = 13,983,816 : 1
Most guys have a 140x higher chance of getting breast cancer.
Quote zndkwin 2nd April 2007, 21:59
Hello everyone, I have a question for Pope. I sent my entry to the contest by email on the first day of the competition, on Feb 16th, but at the time I hadn't registered for the forums, I just sent my entry to the email specified. Did I need to register to the forums and post a reply here saying that I entered?

Thanks, and sorry for my english, it's not my first language.

znd
Quote Ajspeed 3rd April 2007, 06:33
Well I have entered A few comps lately but this one is the one I want the most personally because I have to hang round with all my friends and brother who have much much better ones then my broken down one :'( but this is probably the best website I have discovered so far.

But admittedly at first i joined so I could join this comp but I like checking on you guys every few days :D

Also why would you want to know the odds it ruins your hopes I know it would destroy mine.
Quote The_Pope 3rd April 2007, 08:53
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Originally Posted by zndkwin
Hello everyone, I have a question for Pope. I sent my entry to the contest by email on the first day of the competition, on Feb 16th, but at the time I hadn't registered for the forums, I just sent my entry to the email specified. Did I need to register to the forums and post a reply here saying that I entered?

No, your entry is safe.

As for the people obsessing about the odds, it's definitely less than 13.9 million to 1 :P
Quote zndkwin 3rd April 2007, 09:19
Ok, thanks for your answer Pope!! :)

13.9 million to one, hmm, that's better than most state lotteries!!
Quote amdathlonfx 3rd April 2007, 11:55
Hi, i'm new here.I've previously sent the contest entry to the official contest Email address.But i've clicked the Email's send button twice.That's why Pope u may have got 2 mails from me.So, sorry for that.If u got two mails from me,can u please delete one ? Otherwise that may fall into the multiple entry issue.Please reply me.

And another thing.After sending the entry from my Yahoo id, i've tried to register here using that E Mail id but the forum registration form didn't accept Yahoo id.So, i had to give another id when i've registered in this forum.

That means, my contest entry email & my forum registration emails are different.I hope, that shouldn't be a problem for u.Your official competition email id i think should accept entries from the Yahoo & only the forum registration script isn't accepting Yahoo & other free Email servers.
Quote smoguzbenjamin 3rd April 2007, 12:12
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Originally Posted by Ajspeed
But admittedly at first i joined so I could join this comp but I like checking on you guys every few days :D

;) Be careful, you might get hooked and your social life will be over.
Quote r4tch3t 3rd April 2007, 12:43
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Originally Posted by smoguzbenjamin
;) Be careful, you might get hooked and your social life will be over.
I know I did, not that I had much of a social life anyways.
Quote samkiller42 3rd April 2007, 12:43
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Originally Posted by smoguzbenjamin
:| Sod's law dictates that one of the guys who's "just here for the compo" will win.

Yea, i was thinking that.

Sam
Quote sushrukh 3rd April 2007, 13:45
On the comp page, the Asus board which Bit-tech is giving is a 650i board but the hyperlink on that mobo links to the Asus P5N32-E SLI board which is a 680i based board. :?
Quote samkiller42 3rd April 2007, 15:56
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Originally Posted by The_Pope

* Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 quad-core processor
* ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus motherboard
* 2 x ASUS GeForce EN-8800 GTX graphics cards
* 2GB Corsair Dominator DDR2 memory
* 2 x 750GB Seagate Barracuda hard drives
* Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty soundcard
* Enermax Galaxy 1000W PSU

Says it all really.

Sam
Quote sushrukh 3rd April 2007, 16:08
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Originally Posted by samkiller42
Says it all really.

Sam

Yep, it says but the mobo hyperlink is wrong Sam.
Quote crazy55 4th April 2007, 13:15
Decided to join the forums, due to this competition, liking the forums so far.
hope i get to know some of you guys

counting the days on this one
Quote The_Pope 4th April 2007, 20:01
The ASUS P5N-E SLI is 650i

The ASUS P5N32-E SLI is 680i

I'll pop downstairs and double check which one arrived
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